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Gail Simone Brings First Transgender Character to DC Comics in Batgirl #19

Click through below to read Wired's story on Alysia, a new character introduced as transgender in today's Batgirl #19, written by our girl Gail Simone.

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She added that she thinks most superhero comics readers don’t have a problem with increased diversity, but rather with stories that promote sermonizing over storytelling. Alysia will be “a character, not a public service announcement … being trans is just part of her story. If someone loved her before, and doesn’t love her after, well — that’s a shame, but we can’t let that kind of thinking keep comics in the 1950s forever.”

According to Simone, Batwoman reboot guru Greg Rucka inspired her to bring a trans character to superhero books, and she's not done yet!

To that end, Simone says she will add another transgender character to a different comic that she’s writing — though she can’t talk about which one. “It’s time for a trans hero in a mainstream comic. I think it’s time to make that thing happen that Greg [Rucka] mentioned years ago. And it’s going to happen … I’m sure it’s controversial on some level to some people, but honest to God, I just could not care less about that. If someone gets upset, so be it; there are a thousand other comics out there for those people.”